Restaurants,colleges,hospitals and other institutions are compensating for the rising costs of waste in novel ways.
“We have all come to work with this big elephant in the middle of kitchen,and the elephant is this ‘It’s okay to waste’ belief system,” said Andrew Shackman,president of LeanPath,a company that helps restaurants cut back food waste.
The interest in cutting food waste “has just rocketed in the last six to nine months,” he said.Roughly 30 percent of food in the United States goes to waste,costing some 48 billion annually,according to a Stockholm International Water Institute study.
Freshman students at Virginia Tech were surprised to find this year there were no trays in the two of the campus’ biggest dining halls.That means you have to go back and get your dishware and your drink.Some think it inconvenient while others don’t.“It’s not that troublesome.You take less food,and you don’t eat more than you should,” said Caitlin Mewborn,a freshman.
Getting rid of trays has cut food waste by 38 percent at the dining halls,said Denny Cochrane,manager of Virginia Tech’s sustainability program.Before the program began,students often grabbed whatever looked good at the buffet (自助餐),only to find at the table that their eyes were bigger than their stomachs,he said.
5.What does the underlined phrase “this big elephant” refer to in the third paragraph?
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